New edition of One Million Children A Powerful Prayer Again, this year, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) invites people in charge of doing pastoral work with children, whether in parishes or elsewhere, to contact the organization in order to participate in the great international prayer movement – One Million Children Pray the […]
World Aid to the Church in Need collects 181 million International Annual Report Over the past year, the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need was again able to maintain a high level of donations which has been documented in the organization’s 2017 Annual Report released following attestation by the auditing firm KPMG. […]
Archbishop Msgr Ignatius Kaigama, of Jos in Nigeria Visit to Canada Postponed Montreal, Friday, October 20, 2017—Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) is announcing that the visit of Msgr Ignatius Kaigama, archbishop of Jos in Nigeria has been postponed due to delays in the visa acquisition process. The visit, initially scheduled for October […]
Iraq Iraqi Christians face new threat Church leaders in northern Iraq have issued a stark warning that the crisis triggered by last week’s Kurdistan independence referendum could endanger the region’s Christian presence. Following the referendum, which could see the KRG (Kurdistan Regional Government) area seceding from northern Iraq, five senior Catholic and Orthodox bishops […]
ACN Pilgrimage to Fatima Praying together for peace in the world The risk of “new powers and devastating wars” was underlined yesterday afternoon, September 13, by Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, the Major Penitentiary of the Holy See, during a press conference at the Cova da Iria, held to mark the beginning of the international pilgrimage […]
PHOTOS : CUBA – Archdiocese of Camagüey – 11.09.2017 After the Hurrican Irma sent by S.E.R. Mons. Wilfredo Pino Estevez The Church in Camagüey Cuba takes a direct hit from Irma Like the sound of an explosion In Cuba, Archbishop Wilfredo Pino Estevez of Camagüey tells of his visit to the most badly damaged […]
Nigeria $101,500 in emergency aid for Nigeria ACN will send emergency aid to help widows and orphans affected by Boko Haram violence in the Nigerian Catholic diocese of Maiduguri During a the recent ACN visit in March 2017 to the diocese of Maiduguri, Bishop Oliver Doeme highlighted the main challenges for his diocese, which include […]
The Pray, Give, Speak-Out Campaign Archbishop Lépine calls for solidarity “It is now that millions of people suffer from hunger… let us stand in solidarity with them,” answers Msgr. Christian Lépine when asked why give for the famine in Nigeria and in South Sudan in a short video published yesterday on Aid to the […]
Aid to the Church in Need Another record year Königstein/Montreal 05.07.2017— In 2016, the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) has once more generated a record sum in donations. The charity collected $189,550,370 in total, nearly 13.5 million more than in 2015, making possible the funding of 5,303 projects in 148 countries […]
Iraq Rebuilding begins on the Plains of Nineveh Konigstein/Montreal—Monday, May 8 2017— And we’re off! This Monday, May 8th in the villages of Bartella, Karamless and Qaraqosh an “Olive Tree Ceremony” will mark the beginning of rebuilding work on the first 100 homes of the Christian refugee families: A program sponsored by the international Catholic […]
